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ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ll sell an add on speaker. Loud pipes save lives.

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  • Waryle@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Loud pipes save lives.

    They truly don’t

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    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Zero owners have much lower crash rates than Harley owners. Brutherrrr.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      they move pedestrians out of the way when you’re driving slow. the same situation you could ask them politely or ring a bell. so really they’re for folk with social anxiety.

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That study just proves that they need to be REALLY loud to work. Aight then.

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  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That would be nice. People could turn them off at 2AM in the morning when there’s no one else on the roads. But I’m sure they wouldn’t.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Or when they’re in low speed population dense areas where bicyclists are part of traffic.

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• Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  But there is something in that to be fair, it is a lifestyle, culture and hobby. I thought the livewire looked cool but I would say its novelty, I wouod find it difficult to see them as equals.

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